Motel 6-Portland ME

Exceptional

Exceptional

It was great pet friendly...

Liked: Location is great, around everything alot of restaurants gas stations supermarkets great Location

Bad

Liked: Nothing good about this hotel. We left immediately.
Disliked: Displaced encampment right outside hotel. Many were allowed in/out of hotel. Smelled of Marijuana and elevator didn't work.

Exceptional

Superb

Liked: It was located around places to walk to.
Disliked: Didn't have any coffee or microwave in the room for use. Couldn't watch any but dish satellite, wasn't able to watch any platforms like Netflix or anything. Only had soap no shampoo

Lawrence's concert overnight road trip

Liked: Everything for the money, it was a great value!
Disliked: Nothing, I was happy I chose motel 6 and will again on future trips to Portland

Exceptional

Filthy, horrible smells, and drug...

Liked: Absolutely nothing
Disliked: When we arrived there were a ton of people aimlessly milling about the parking lot. We check in and walk through the dingy hall to the elevator, where there is a sock on the floor. We go to our room and it smells awful, like a very bad odor had been covered up with copious amounts of cheap air freshener. In the room, I start to think maybe this isn’t going to work out. I look out the window and see a man exit the hotel lobby, go to his car, grab something, then walk up to a man who was walking from one corner of the parking lot to the other. They quickly “shake hands” then walk in separate directions. What do you think they were doing? I see this happen two more times. I take a look at the pillow cases and they have blotches of yellow stains. I say to my brother, “we can’t stay here.” I know it’s a Motel 6 - I don’t expect the Ritz, but this is on another level. I go down to the lobby to inquire about a refund and he says the manager is out and she’s the only one who can offer a refund. I cut my losses and get a different hotel. Next day, I call the manager. She says she’s shocked to hear about the parking lot activities and they have a “zero tolerance policy.” She says she’d be happy to offer a refund but since I booked it through booking (even though I paid on arrival to Motel 6) that I’d have to talk to them, and she’d be happy to tell them to refund my stay. So I call Booking, and they’re great. They’re happy to help. They say they’ll get in touch with the hotel and request my refund, which they do. But SURPRISE, the hotel isn’t willing to offer my refund anymore. In short, don’t stay at this hotel unless you’re in the market for illicit substances and are fine sleeping on a bed that the previous guest probably OD’d in. EDIT: The hotel has initiated a refund.